2016 BYU Cougars baseball team

2016 BYU Cougars baseball
Conference West Coast Conference
2016 record 37–17 (18–9 WCC)
Head coach Mike Littlewood (4th year)
Assistant coach Trent Pratt (4th year)
Assistant coach Brent Haring (4th year)
Assistant coach Jeremy Thomas (4th year)
Home stadium Larry H. Miller Field
2016 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
BYU 18 9   .667     37 17   .685
Gonzaga y 18 9   .667     36 21   .632
Saint Mary's y 18 9   .667     33 25   .569
Pepperdine 16 11   .593     29 24   .547
San Francisco 14 13   .519     22 34   .393
Loyola Marymount 13 14   .481     26 27   .491
San Diego 13 14   .481     27 29   .482
Pacific 12 15   .444     22 30   .423
Santa Clara 10 17   .370     23 29   .442
Portland 3 24   .111     17 37   .315
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his fourth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fifth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2]

2016 Roster

2016 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 Keaton Cenatiempo - Junior
  • 9 Mason Marshall - Junior
  • 11 Easton Walker - Freshman
  • 18 Connor Williams - Sophomore
  • 21 Clay Sisler - Freshman
  • 22 Zach Brinkerhoff - Freshman
  • 23 Hayden Rogers - Junior
  • 26 Riley Gates - Sophomore
  • 27 Michael Rucker - Junior
  • 32 Maverik Buffo - Sophomore
  • 34 Jordan Wood - Freshman
  • 37 Triston Busse - Freshman
  • 40 Bo Burrup - Freshman
  • 41 Kendall Motes - Junior
  • xx Rhett Parkinson - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 3 Brennon Anderson - Sophomore
  • 5 Hayden Nielsen - Senior
  • 6 Noah Hill - Freshman
  • 10 Daniel Schneemann - Freshman
  • 11 Easton Walker - Freshman
  • 12 Tanner Chauncey - Junior
  • 16 Casey Jacobsen - Freshman
  • 24 Bryan Call - Freshman
  • 25 Nate Favero - Sophomore
  • 31 Jackson Cluff - Freshman
  • 35 Colton Shaver - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 6 Noah Hill - Freshman
  • 14 Bronson Larsen - Junior
  • 35 Colton Shaver - Sophomore
  • 39 Grant Hodges - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 2 Brennon Lund - Sophomore
  • 4 Eric Urry - Junior
  • 7 Kyle Dean - Freshman
  • 13 Danny Gelalich - Freshman
  • 17 Keaton Kringlen - Freshman
  • 18 Connor Williams - Sophomore
  • 19 Court Iorg - Sophomore
  • 21 Clay Sisler - Freshman
  • 44 Brock Hale - Freshman
 

Schedule

2016 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular Season

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games

Radio Information

All but one BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 36 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 24th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 29 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 4 radio exclusives this season: Mar. 8 vs. Utah Valley, Mar. 10 & 11 early vs. Niagara, and May 3 vs. Utah Valley. Robbie Bullough provided play by play for BYU Radio's exclusive games outside of May 3, which was a BYUtv simulcast.

Samford and Kansas both provided an internet broadcast through their respective athletic websites.

TV Announcers

References

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  2. "2016 WCC Baseball Preseason Poll and All-WCC Team". Campus Insiders. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  3. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-baseball
  4. http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2016
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